Safety purse



J. MEISNER. SAFETY PURSE.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 2 1921.

1,425,889 Patented Mg; 15; 1922.

fosepfifietbfler Y INVENTOR BY WM J'OSEPH MEISNER, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

SAFETY PURSE.

Application filed May 2, 1921.

i '0 (ZZZ whom it may concern:

I Be it known that I, Josnrrr Mnrsrrnn, a citizen of the Republic ofAustria. having declared my intention to becomea citizen of the UnitedStates, residing at New York city,in the county of New York and State ofNew York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in SafetyPurses of which the following is a specification.

This invention has relation to pocket books or the like, and has for anobject to provide a pocket book or purse and a fasten-- ing means suchas a strap designed to be secured within the pocket of a garment withmeans for releasably attaching the purse to the strap so that the pursemay not be withdrawn from the pocket without detaching the same from thestrap thus providing a safety means to prevent loss of the purse orpickpocketing.

In addition to the foregoing this invention comprehends improvements inthe details of construction and arrangement of parts to be hereinafterdescribed and particularly set forth in the appended claims.

In the accompanying drawings in which similar and corresponding partsare designatcd by the same characters of reference throughout theseveral views in which they appear.

Figure 1 is a perspective view of a garment exposing the interior of apocket and my safety purse located therein.

Figure 2 is a View in edge elevation of: the purse and securing strap,and

Figure 3 is a view in plan of the purse spread open to show theconstruction.

Nith reference to the drawings 10 indicates a nether garment such astrousers and 11 indicates a pocket therein. A pair of buttons 12 and 13are sewed to the inner side of the pocket at the top and bottom as shownin Figure 1 and an opening 14: is provided in the wall of the pocket andits edges reinforced similar-to a button hole. A strap 15 is providedhaving a button hole at each end. The strap is inserted through theopening 14 and the upper end secured upon the button 12 while the lowerend is secured upon the button 13. At 16 there is shown a pair ofreceptive members of snap fasteners which are mounted in openings in thestrap 15. The purse is indicated generally at 17 and comprises arectangular piece of material 18 and oppositely extend- Specification ofLetters Patent. Pat-miter} A 0 Serial No. 466,138.

ing flaps 19 and 20 formed at the long sides of the portion 18.

A securing flap 21 is stitched to one end of the portion 18. Inassembling the purse the flap 19 is folded over the portion 18 and theflap 20 then folded over the flap 19. A receptive member 22 of a snapfastener is mounted in the flap 20 to engage one or the other of a pairofpenetrated members 23 mounted on the flap 19. One end of the portion18 is then folded over said flaps and finally the other end wrappedaround the purse and a receptive member 24 provided in the flap 21secured upon a penetrated member 25 mounted in the middle of the portion18. Mounted upon the flap: 21 is a pair of penetrated members 26 to beused in connection with the members 16 mentioned above whereby the pursemay be attached to the strap as shown in i ure 2.

In use the purse is inserted in the pocket and the fasteners 16 and 26connected. In this manner the purse is securely attached to the strapwhich can not be de tached in view of the fact that the upper end issecured to a button outside of the pocket but on the innerside of thegarment. To a person familiar with the use of this arrangementthe'jpurse may be readily attached or detached to the strap.

While I have illustrated and described my invention with some degree ofparticularityq I realize that in practice various alterations thereinmay be made. I therefore reserve the right and privilege of changing theform of the details of construction or otherwise altering thearrangement of the correlated parts without departing from the spirit ofthe invention or the scope of the appended claims. 9

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new and desire tosecure by United States Letters Patent is 1. In a garment having apocket provided with a pair of openings, one or"- which communicateswith the exterior of the garment and the other communicating with theinterior of the garment, a. pair of securing devices, one upon theinside and one upon the outside of the pocket, a flexible elementextending through the interior opening oi? the pocket and having itsends attached to the securing devices a purse and means for attachingthe purse to the flexible element.

2. In a garment having a pocket provided attaching the purse to theflexible member with an interior opening and an exterior Within thepocket, and means for fixing the opening, e flexible member passingthrough interior end of the flexible member to ihe 10 the interioropening and having an eyelet interior 01" the pocket.

5 on its exterior encl, means attached to the in- In testimony whereof Imy signature.

terior of the garment for receiving the eyelet of the flexible member, apurse, means 501' JOSEPH MEI SNERE

